SPN 15x04 Atomic Monsters
I’m actually not a big fan of slo-mo fight scenes because in my experience, they far too often show clumsiness, errors or lack of training instead of showcasing skill and badassery (the big bar fight in 14x02 comes to mind).
But in this particular case, the slowed-down moments work perfectly. They show how competent and well-prepared everyone involved was. It doesn’t look like an actor and a bunch of stuntmen doing a rehearsed ‘fight’; they are in a fight. When you look at Jensen’s face, he doesn’t look like he’s concentrating on getting it right for the camera; he looks completely matter-of-fact, almost even bored, as if this comes as easy as breathing for him, and as automatic. Which is of course absolutely how it should be for Dean.
I recommend slowing the scene down even more, much more, and watching it that way to fully enjoy everything that is going on. For example, in the three gifs above, we have Dean doing several things at once with absolute ease:
He’s jerking Demon no. 1’s gun hand away and shooting him in the foot, then immediately turning to shoot Demon no. 2, using Demon no. 1 as cover.
He’s deflecting Demon no. 3’s knife while shooting him in the head.
He’s flipping Demon no. 4 and rolling over him, comes up grabbing Demon no. 5’s gun hand and shooting him, then immediately turns to finish off Demon no. 4.
Kudos to Rob Hayter for the kickass choreography, to Jensen for pulling it off perfectly, and to everyone involved for making this awesome sequence happen.
